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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: FOR SHARE vs FOR UPDATE locks
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Msg-id 28702.1164994516@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: FOR SHARE vs FOR UPDATE locks  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> At what point is the exclusive lock released? When I create a new
> savepoint? On COMMIT of the entire transaction?

COMMIT, or rollback to a savepoint before the original shared lock
was taken.
        regards, tom lane

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